Genus of fungi
Geltingia is a fungal genus in the family Helicogoniaceae. It is monotypic, containing the single lichenicolous species Geltingia associata.[2] The genus was circumscribed in 1990 by mycologists Vagn Alstrup and David Leslie Hawksworth. The genus name honours Danish scientist Paul Gelting.[3]
It has a circumpolar distribution. It is known to grow on the lichens Ochrolechia frigida[4] and Ochrolechia upsaliensis.[5]
References
- ^ "Synonymy: Geltingia associata (Th. Fr.) Alstrup & D. Hawksw., Meddr Grønland, Biosc. 31: 33 (1990)". Species Fungorum. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Wijayawardene, Nalin; Hyde, Kevin; Al-Ani, Laith Khalil Tawfeeq; Somayeh, Dolatabadi; Stadler, Marc; Haelewaters, Danny; et al. (2020). "Outline of Fungi and fungus-like taxa". Mycosphere. 11: 1060–1456. doi:10.5943/mycosphere/11/1/8. hdl:10481/61998.
- ^ Alstrup, V.; Hawksworth, D.L. (1990). "The lichenicolous fungi of Greenland". Meddelelser om Grønland Biosciences. 31: 33.
- ^ Alstrup, V.; Olech, M.; Wietrzyk-Pelka, P.; Wegrzyn, M. H. (2018). "The lichenicolous fungi of the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica: species diversity and identification guide". Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniae. 87 (4): 3607. doi:10.5586/asbp.3607.
- ^ Brackel, Wolfgang von (2011). "Lichenopeltella rangiferinae sp. nov. and some other lichenicolous fungi from Iceland" (PDF). Acta Botanica Islandica. 15: 51–60.
